John Lee Hooker
Blues, Musical Artist
1917 – 2001
Who was John Lee Hooker?
John Lee Hooker was a highly influential American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, William Hooker, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally a unique brand of country blues. He developed a 'talking blues' style that was his trademark. Though similar to the early Delta blues, his music was metrically free. John Lee Hooker could be said to embody his own unique genre of the blues, often incorporating the boogie-woogie piano style and a driving rhythm into his blues guitar playing and singing. His best known songs include "Boogie Chillen'", "I'm in the Mood" and "Boom Boom", the first two reaching #1 on the Billboard R&B chart.
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- Born
- Aug 22, 1917
Clarksdale - Also known as
- Johnny Lee Hooker
- Parents
- Spouses
- Maude Mathis
(1944 - 1969) - Alma Hopes
(1943 - 1943) - Sarah Jones
- Maude Mathis
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Clarksdale
- Died
- Jun 21, 2001
Los Altos
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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